3-week-old baby given expired medication; KKH to investigate

A Facebook post published on Monday by netizen Judy Teo said that KKH had issued Ms Teo’s daughter with a nasal spray that expired earlier in April.

Ms Teo’s daughter, who was only three weeks old when the medicine was prescribed on Aug 25, still had a blocked nose and had trouble breathing properly even after a month of using the spray.

She told The Straits Times that the lack of improvement in her child’s condition prompted her husband to check the nasal spray on Monday, and it was only then that they realised the spray had already expired.

Replying to ST queries, Ms Irene Chan, director for office of patient experience at KKH, said: “We are aware of this online post and are investigating the matter. We are also in contact with the family.”